DUE FRiDAY MAY 11

-Czar-Originally, and indeed during most of its history, the title tsar meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, i.e., a ruler who has the same rank as a Roman or Byzantine emperor due to recognition by another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).

-Socialism-refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community.

-Marxism-Any political practice or theory that is based on an interpretation of the works of Marx and Engels (including the later Communist Parties and Communist states, as well as academic research across many fields) may be termed Marxism.

-Capitalism- generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a market

-Communism- is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production

-Russian Revolution (1917)-
February Revolution, which resulted in the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia
October Revolution, which was the Bolshevik seizure of power
The Third Russian Revolution was the failed anarchist revolution against the Bolsheviks and the White movement 1918 - 1922

-Vladimir Lenin-was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Soviet Union, and the primary theorist of Leninism, a variant of Marxism.

-Bolsheviks-were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction

-Treaty of Brest-was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belaru) between the Russian SFSR and the Central Powers, marking Russia's exit from World War I


-Atheism-defined as a philosophical view, is the position that either affirms the nonexistence of gods[1] or rejects theism;[2]but in its broadest definition, it is the absence of belief in deities, sometimes called "nontheism"

-Comrade-is a term meaning "friend," "colleague," or "ally." The term originally carried a strong military connotation, and referred to a roommate.

-New Economic Policy (NEP)-was officially decided in the course of the 10th Congress of the All-Russian Communist Party.

-USSR-more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

-Joseph Stalin-was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 192 until 1953

-Red Army-were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviksduring the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union

ANALYZING PROPAGANDA POSTERS..

I PICKED THE 3RD POSTER...

1.) QUICK!

2.) I THINK ITS FROM GERMANY

3.) I THINK ITS TRYING TO SAY TO JOIN FAST BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE PICTURE THAT THEY ARE GETING BEAT UP AND THAT HE IS POINTING AT US.

4.) I DONT THINK IT WOULD WORK, BEACUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE AGAINST THE WAR..SO WHY WOULD THEY JOIN.

I ALSO PICKED THE 1ST POSTER...

1.) IT SAYS "KNOWLEDGE WINS..PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS ARE FREE."

2.) I ALSO THINK ITS FROM GERMANY.

3.) I THINK ITS TRYING TO BRIBE PEOPLE INTO GOING TO THE LIBRARIES BECAUSE THE BOOKS ARE FREE.

4.) I ALSO DONT THINK IT WOULD WORK VERY WELL..BECAUSE PEOPLE THESE DAYS KNOW BOOKS ARENT FREE..

UNITE AND BE FREE!- WORLD STUDIES BLOG ASSINGMENT, DUE FRI. 4/20

MY FELLOW PEOPLE,
NOW YOU ALL KNOW SPAIN HAS TAKEN OUR FREEDOM. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME THINGS WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO. I'M SURE NONE OF YOU LIKE WHAT SPAIN HAS DONE, SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO REVOLT AGAINST SPAIN AND WIN OUR FREDOM BACK! I WANT OUR COUNTRY TO BE INDEPENDENT, NOT HAVING OTHER PEOPLE TELLING US WHAT TO DO. I WANT OUR COUNTRY TO BE UNIQUE...AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF SPAIN...BUT, IF WE ALL REVOLT AGAINST SPAIN...THEY WILL RETREAT AND WE CAN BE FREE AGAIN..I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU ARE AFRAID OF THE "ALMIGHTY" SPAINARDS..BUT WE MUST REALIZE..ITS EITHER WE FIGHT..OR WE LIVE LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!

WHOS WITH ME?!?!?!?!?!

WORLD STUDIES BLOG ASSIGNMENT, WEEK 29

I THINK THIS PICTURE IS ABOUT HOW EVERYONE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT AND ABOUT HOW GEORGE BUSH IS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE WAR, HE SHOULD BE ONE OF THE SOLDIERS ON THE OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE INSIDE. I DONT THINK ITS RIGHT THAT HES BEING PROTECTED WHEN HE STARTED THIS WHOLE WAR. I ONLY AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS POLITICAL CARTOON IS, IN SOME WAY, EXPLAINING THE TRUTH, BUT I DEFIDENTLY DONT AGREE WITH THE CAPTION..I THINK IT WAS WAY SAFER BEFORE THEN IT IS NOW. :)

An urgent message from the King and Queen of Spain

To travel from Spain to India by boat, I would choose to go around the border of Africa and end up in Asia. I would take the Atlantic Ocean to the Southern Ocean and end up in the Indian Ocean. Once my men and I get to India we will look around and get ourselves familiar with our environment, so that we will know were we will be able to locate the spices and silk. If people don't speak Spanish or Italian I will find someone who does speak Spanish or Italian and their language. If they act or look strange to me I will have to take them for who they are. I will be looking for silk, spice, and anything else that looks valuable. I will try to bring back new and undiscovered items.

Middle Ages Vocabulary

1. MEDIEVAL: related or belonging to the Middle ages.

2. FEUDALISM: A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.

3. VASSAL: (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.

4. CHIVALRY:the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.

5. MANOR:(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc

6. ARISTOCRATS:A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.

7. FIEF:a territory held in fee.

8.SERF:a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.

9. NOBLES:Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.

10. SECULAR:of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal

11.EXCOMMUNICATION:the act of excommunicating.

12. CRUSADES:A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.

13. RECONQUISTA:was the seven and a half century long process by which the Christian Kingdoms of northern Hispania conquered the Iberian peninsula from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al-Ándalus.

14. INQUISITION:an official investigation, esp. one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments.

15. BUBONIC PLAGUE:a serious, sometimes fatal, infection with the bacterial toxin Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from infected rodents and characterized by high fever, weakness, and the formation of buboes, esp. in the groin and armpits.

What I learned this week

This week I learned that the first big event that happend was The Byzantine Empire, then the Crusades. Then the Christian failure, then the Ottomans emerge. Then the Ottomans sack Constantinople in 1453. Then that the Byzantine Empire came to an end after 1,000 years. I learned that the Ottomans Empire was enormous, from Central Europe to much of the Middle East and Africa. 50 million people were under control of the Ottomans. The Ottomans allowed other religions, besides muslim, but they must pay a price. But in the 1700's, The Ottomans begin to lose their land.

Time Line

1) 313 A.D - The Roman Empire's religion changes to Christianity.

2) Late 600's - The Muslims conquered modern-day Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and parts of Saudi Arabia.

3) 711 - They began to take parts of North Africa.

4)717 A.D - The Muslims begin to launch attacks on the Byzantine Empire.

5)732 A.D - They then move onto Europe, they conquer Spain, tried to conquer France. But then are defeated in a famous battle.

6)1071 - Seljuk Turks conquer large parts of modern-day Turkey, and begin to move in on Constantinople.

7)1096 - The first crusade is launched.

What I learned in class this week

Well, this week I have learned a lot. I learned about the Roman Empire, and about Christianity. And how the Roman Empire had their ups and downs. They didn't want Christians in the Roman Empire, but in the end it ended up being their "official" religion. I learned about who Constantine was. Which basically he was an emperor. Constantine was the one who suggested to make Christianity their "official" religion. But not too long after the Empire started to fall apart, because it got too big. So they decided to split the Empire into two empires, the East and West. The Western part falls apart, but the Eastern part stays strong. The Empire's capital was moved from Rome to Byzantium (which later was named Constantinople) The West went through the Dark Ages. So invaders started to come down into the empire. That is what I learned this week.

First Blog

This is my first blog. I understand all the rules and regulations about blogging. If I violate the rules of the website or the rules of the classroom, I understand that I will be held accountable, will receive a zero on all blog-related assingments, and my parents will be immidiately called for a parent-teacher in room 135 to discuss this matter. This is for classroom only, an I will respect this as such.